Exercise in the treatment of dementia My last two blogs have described some of the problems of dementia and how regular exercise can protect against the development of dementia later in life. How effective, however, may exercise be in treating dementia once it has set...
Last week I told you about some of the research indicating that regular physical activity can protect against dementia. Today a bit more about that protection What exercise? Which exercise regime is most beneficial? The short answer seems to be anything. Even gentle...
A modern scourge Dementia is an advancing modern scourge and has recently been reported to have overtaken coronary heart disease as the most frequent cause of death for women in the UK. For men, coronary heart disease remains the commonest. There are a number of...
What is a stroke? A stroke happens when there is a loss of blood flow to part of the brain. Your brain cells cannot get the oxygen and nutrients they need from blood, and they start to die within a few minutes. This can cause lasting brain damage, long-term...
Musculo-skeletal injuries. Muscle sprains and joint strains are the commonest ill-effects of exercise, particularly competitive sports. Activity versus inactivity Physically active adults experience a higher incidence of leisure-time and sport related injuries than...
Does exercise improve brain function in dementia? Maybe. There are theoretical reasons to believe that the failing brain might be benefitted by regular exercise. The hippocampus is an area at the base of the brain which is concerned with memory and the processing of...
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